The 2010 Mazdaspeed3 will have a more stylized body, but it'll still be powered by a ferocious turbocharged heart.

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Now that Mazda has gone public with official photos of its all-new 2010 Mazda3, our spy photographer has caught the hot pocket-rocket version — the Mazdaspeed3 — in action. Even better yet, we're the first to bring you photos of the front-wheel-drive demon undergoing high-speed testing as it tears around Germany's Nürburgring race track.

While information is still sketchy, we expect the Mazdaspeed3's turbocharged 4-cylinder will stay at its current 2.3-liter size, not following the normally-aspirated sedan's increase to 2.5 liters. But it's expected Mazda will work some magic, upping power figures to about 280 bhp and an even 300 lb.-ft. of torque, while increasing the engine's ability to make power near its redline.

Although this prototype Mazdaspeed3 is still fairly disguised — especially at the front — it's clear the 5-door hatch silhouette remains. It's also clear it will adopt the new Mazda3's RX-8-like bulbous front fenders, with less severe versions (although more pronounced than the current car's) at the rear. The sides of the car appear more sculpted than before, and the disguised headlights and taillights likely will be more stylized.

The heavily taped and padded Subaru-esque hood scoop, which looks to channel air to the top-mount charge cooler, may well be just for show; Mazda has had an aversion to air intakes cluttering up hoods of late. Another change is a switch from a single to a dual exhaust, highlighted by a new rear bumper. The high-mount rear wing remains, although the element on this test mule looks to be larger than the current car's.